CLARK & WILSON LUMBER COMPANY
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Multnomah County - Linnton
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January 31, 1918: "A big timber deal was consummated last week, when the Clark & Wilson Lumber company, of Linnton, purchased several thousand acres of timber land in Columbia county, Oregon, at a price approximating $800,000. The Fir Tree Lumber company and the Applegate Land company sold the properties." (Cloverdale Courier)
November 8, 1923: "The Oregon public service commission has granted authority to the Clark & Wilson Lumber company of Linnton to construct a logging railroad across the Pittsburg - St. Helens market road near Clatskanie creek bridge in Columbia county." (Halsey Enterprise)
March 14, 1930: "The new small log mill of the Clark & Wilson Lumber Co., with a capacity of 175,000 feet to a shift, started operations today at Linnton. The mill started a one-shift plan but later will be put on a two-shift basis. About 150 men will be employed on the two shifts." (The Klamath News)